[jawsscripts] Re: Scripts for TaxAct 2008

I used TaxAct for years.  I would make the same kind of simple changes each 
year.  Finally, I gave up two years ago.  Partly because the scripts no 
longer work as well and partly because my wife has no patience reading me 
the tax information.  Are taxes are simple and there is not a whole lot 
beyond the W2s.  Going to H&R Block certainly has reduced stress around our 
house, but as things get tougher it seems like an unnecessary expense!

Don Marang


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gary King" <w4wkz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, February 23, 2009 5:44 PM
Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: Scripts for TaxAct 2008


> Hi David,
>
> You can get the free standard edition of TaxAct by going to
>
> www.taxact.com
>
> choosing the download link and then selecting the Free Edition.
>
> I have already made all of the modifications in the script and various
> associated files that I made in past years, including the proper entry in
> confignames.ini, and my renamed script file and other associated files are
> being loaded.  I have changed all of the references in the header and
> message files to 2008.  I haven't gone very far into the program, but the
> prompts for fields for name, address and social security number still 
> speak
> correctly.  It's the buttons that are not being recognized by JFW.  If you
> look through the TaxAct script, you will see that FS had to do some tricks
> to get the buttons spoken in a meaningful way.  These tricks seem to be
> failing with the buttons in the current version of TaxAct.
>
> Any help you can give will be appreciated.  I know of at least 2 other 
> JAWS
> users who would like to continue using TaxAct.
>
> Gary King
> w4wkz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "David Farough" <David.Farough@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "JawsScripts" <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, February 23, 2009 2:49 PM
> Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: Scripts for TaxAct 2008
>
>
>> Hi Gary:
>>
>> I do not have this program so I do not know how much help I can
>> provide.  However, If you answer these questions I may be able to help a
>> little.
>>
>> 1.  Where did you get this program from?  I did a google search on it
>> and saw all sorts of similarly named programs and did not want to risk
>> looking at the wrong one.
>>
>> 2.  What is the name of the executable that is spoken when you press
>> insert+q when the application has focus?
>> I noticed the following entry in the confignames.ini.
>> TaxAct06=TaxAct 2006
>>
>> I suspect that the executable for this version may be TaxAct08
>>
>> If so, you could add an entry to confignames.ini as follows:
>> TaxAct08=TaxAct 2006
>>
>> Judging from what I am seeing in the configuration files, It may be
>> difficult to get this working again if they have made significant
>> changes to the interface.
>>
>>
>>
>> David Farough
>> Application Accessibility Coordinator/coordonateur de l'accessibilité
>> Information Technology Services Directorate /
>> Direction des services d'information technologiques
>> Public Service Commission / Commission de la fonction publique
>> Email / Courriel:  David.Farough@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Tel. / Tél:    (613) 992-2779
>>
>>>>> "Gary King" <w4wkz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 04:51 pm Sunday, February 22,
>> 2009 >>>
>> Is anyone planning to modify previous TaxAct scripts to work with
>> TaxAct
>> 2008?  In the past, simple modifications to the various script and
>> associated files made previous versions of TaxAct scripts work with the
>>
>> current version of the program, but this year, 2nd Story Software seems
>> to
>> have made changes to the program that prevents JFW from speaking the
>> controls.  I have used TaxAct for 10 years and hate to abandon it.
>> Importing data from the previous year makes it easy to get started on
>> this
>> year's taxes; at least it would, if the buttons and checkboxes would
>> speak.
>>
>> Gary King
>> mailto:w4wkz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
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